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John Cusack stars in this noir-like tale of espionage and double-dealing set in 1940s Shanghai. Paul Soames (Cusack) is a US Naval Intelligence agent who travels to Shanghai to investigate the death o...
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Boys Adventure story. Coloured dust sheet with title and authors name on the spine and front. Blue cloth boards with decoration in silver gilt. Pages slightly loose from the spine. Foxing throughout t...
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An original conceptual exploration of Shanghai which examines the emergence today of the 'City of Tomorrow'. China is in the midst of the fastest and most intense process of urbanisation the world has...
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In the dazzling global metropolis of Shanghai, what has it meant to call this city home? In this account--part microhistory, part memoir--Jie Li salvages intimate recollections by successive generatio...
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Property Location Shanghai Hotel is in the heart of Shanghai, walking distance from Childrens Municipal Palace and Jing An Park. This family-friendly hotel is within close proximity of Jiuguang Depart...
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For fourteen-year-old Daniel growing up in a poverty-stricken district of post-war Barcelona, a city where memories of the agonising Civil War were still fresh, life was grey and rarely easy. His fath...
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Romantic comedy starring Ken Leung and Hayden Panettiere. Liam Liu (Leung) is a struggling Chinese-American actor who is feeling rather conflicted about his deep yet platonic friendship with high scho...
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Chon (Jackie Chan) leaves his honourable life as sheriff of Carson City when his sister brings news of his estranged father's murder. On a daring quest for honour and revenge Chon reunites with Roy (O...
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Gene Tierney stars as Poppy a girl doomed by her love of life and laughter. The background and setting of this film successfully evokes a bygone east with its colonial traces. Walter Huston Ably plays...
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Gene Tierney stars as Poppy a girl doomed by her love of life and laughter. The background and setting of this film successfully evokes a bygone east with its colonial traces. Walter Huston Ably plays...
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...OK, I admit it - I?m a bit of a train buff; anything from museum pieces to the latest and fastest.
On a recent holiday to China, I stayed in Shanghai for a few days, and although we were scheduled to come home from there, it wasn?t as a means of getting to the Pu Dong International Airport that I rode on the Airport ?Maglev? Shuttle.
I just did it for the hell of it, a brash act tempered by...

...Shanghai Surprise? Well no not really. Shanghai Noon has an enormous advantage over its sequel, everyone expected it to be rubbish. Wilson?s wit teamed with Chan?s physical dexterity and choreographed ingenuity made for a pleasant surprise. The trouble with Shanghai Knights is we expect it to be good, don?t get me wrong it?s not that it?s bad, it?s just OK.
It?s unfortunate that there isn...

...to return to their homes, but found themselves unable to do so. The Wu family is one such family. By the beginning of the 80s, daughter Qing Hong has grown up in the countryside and is settled there, but her father is anxious to return to his hometown of Shanghai along with his wife and son and daughter so that they can have a better life.
Unfortunately, his wishes are not shared by the rest...